the best CD player under $1k?

spend a little more and try the Soney 9000es. It has good cd playback plus dvd/SACD. I paid about 1350 but have seen others claim to have only spent around 1100.

Brando, be sure to look up past posts as there have been many good ones on this very question recently. I vote for an outboard dac with a transport.

The Cambridge is the best one under $500 hands down IMHO. Sells for $399. List is $450.

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You may want to wait a little longer before making any purchase decision. Currently other than the $5500.00 Pioneer transport there is nothing available with both SACD and DVD-A. Therefore whatever you purchase is essentially already outdated. Check out the Perpetual Technologies P1A. It will upgrade all of your current CD's to 24/96 quality. It also will correct your speakers phase and frequency response and room distortions with future software upgrades. It has received two excellent reviews in the January 2001 editions of Stereophile and Home Theater magazine. In about a year there should be some multi-format players to choose from at reasonable prices and whatever format wins you will be ready to move forward.